New Tree-planting Bids Save Allentown $3,242

New bids for planting 559 trees as part of an "entranceway landscaping" project have saved the city of Allentown $3,242.

Greentree Nurseries, Allentown, submitted a low bid of $49,750 yesterday for the tree planting. That is $6,700 lower than its bid for the same job May 2.

The lowest bid received May 2 was $52,992 from Ringing Hill Landscaper of Gilbertsville, Montgomery County. A contract was not awarded at that time because of a technicality in the bid specifications.

Purchasing Agent William F. Cramsey explained that Greentree questioned whether a May 1987 completion date listed in the specifications was correct. Greentree told him its initial bid was based on having to pay a premium to complete the work next May.

"I said I wanted it done in 1986," Cramsey said.

After consulting Assistant City Solicitor Francis Burianek, the city decided to ask for new bids.

Ringing Hill's bid yesterday was $51,614 or $1,378 below its offer in May.

Kuss Brothers Nursery, Allentown, entered the same $54,353 offer it made in May.

The plantings will be part of a $120,000 capital project to improve visitors' first impressions of the city.

Trees of different varieties will be planted along N. 7th Street between Green Street and the northern city line; along Lawrence Street from Union Street to the Albertus Meyers Bridge, and along Lehigh Street from Lawrence to Auburn streets.